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CVE-2020-27835

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-27835 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Infiniband hfi1 driver, affecting versions prior to 5.10-rc6. This flaw allows a local, highly privileged user to crash the system by manipulating ioctl calls after opening a device file and forking. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.4), the vulnerability requires local access and has a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:infiniband_hfi1_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:infiniband_hfi1_driver:5.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:infiniband_hfi1_driver:5.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:infiniband_hfi1_driver:5.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:infiniband_hfi1_driver:5.10:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.rt7.72.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-305.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-27835Moderate

kernel: child process is able to access parent mm through hfi dev file handle

Nov 25, 2020

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory